China to Publish Unemployment Rate for Big Cities

State Council Says Move Would Better Reflect the Country's Job Market

BEIJING—China will publish unemployment rates for big cities at an appropriate time to better reflect the country's job market, said the State Council, or the nation's cabinet, in a meeting Wednesday.

The condition to publish such data is ripe and the data is expected to help the government in policy making as well as introducing policies to better support the job market, the State Counci said in a meeting chaired by Chinese Premier...